Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Rwanda

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Rwanda in 2021 — 50.3%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 27.1 pp.

2021 50.3% −1.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 130of 185
Period maximum 51.6%2020
Period minimum 23.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Rwanda, 2000–20212030405060200020032006200920122015201820212000: 23.2%2010: 38.2%2015: 46.8%2019: 50.8%2020: 51.6%2021: 50.3%
Change over the period: +27.1 pp Annual average: 1.29 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Rwanda

Rwanda 50.3%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 50.3 −1.4 pp
2020 51.6 +0.8 pp
2019 50.8
2015 46.8
2010 38.2
2000 23.2

About the indicator

The share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in the total number of deaths during a year. This group takes in cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and the remaining conditions that do not pass from person to person. The three shares — noncommunicable diseases, infections and injuries — together make up a hundred percent, so they have to be read only together: a rise in one share means a fall in the other two and does not by itself say that people started dying of that cause more often.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: the correct weight is the total number of deaths, and all we have is the death rate, not the absolute number. A share, not a level: in countries with high life expectancy it is close to 90% because infections have been beaten.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.